瑪麗

See also: 玛丽

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (瑪麗)		瑪	麗
simp. (玛丽)		玛	丽
alternative forms		瑪莉／玛莉 瑪利／玛利

Etymology

Borrowed from English Mary.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Mǎlì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maa⁵ lai⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Má-lê

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎlì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎlì
    • Wade–Giles: Ma³-li⁴
    • Yale: Mǎ-lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maalih
    • Palladius: Мали (Mali)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maa⁵ lai⁶
    • Yale: máh laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maa⁵ lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ma⁵ lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maː¹³ lɐi̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má-lê
    • Tâi-lô: Má-lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: maflee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mã⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mã⁵³⁻⁴⁴ le²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mã⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ le²³/

Proper noun

瑪麗

1. A transliteration of the English or Norwegian female given name Mary

Usage notes

This is also an informal name of the video game character Mario, due to a mistranslation of Super Mario Bros. as 《超級瑪麗》/《超级玛丽》 in Mainland China.

Synonyms

• 瑪莉／玛莉 (Mǎlì)
• (seldom) 瑪利／玛利 (Mǎlì)

References

• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Mary 玛丽 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1811: “西方女子教名”.